Reporter: Could you tell us about the scale, meaning and importance of the O Mon IV TPP project?
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O Mon IV TPP Project:
- Construction location: Thoi Loi area, Phuoc Thoi ward, O Mon district, Can Tho City;
- Capacity scale: about 1,050MW;
- Total investment: nearly VND30 thousand billion;
- Funding sources: Self-arranged capital by EVN (about 20%) and non-Government guaranteed commercial loans (about 80%) in export credit.
- Expected commencement: Quarter II/2023;
- Expected completion: Quarter I/2026.
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Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung: O Mon IV TPP Project, invested by EVN, is one of four power plants in O Mon Power Center (Can Tho City). The plant uses combined-cycle gas turbine technology, with a capacity of about 1,050MW and shared items with O Mon III TPP.
O Mon IV TPP is responsible for providing a stable power source for the South in particular and the national power system in general, contributing to ensuring energy security and power supply safety. Simultaneously, together with O Mon I, II and III power plants in O Mon Power Center, the project will promote effective exploitation of national resources of the Block B gas chain on the Southwest coast, contributing to ensuring the nation’s sovereignty and security of the sea and islands.
Reporter: Up to this point, how far have the project's procedures been implemented, sir?
Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung: The investment policy of O Mon IV TPP Project has been approved by the Prime Minister in Decision No. 183/QD-TTg dated 15 February 2019; EVN's Member Board has a decision on project investment in Decision No. 386/QD-EVN dated 30 September 2019.
In April 2020, the Power Project Management Board 3 commenced the Office of the O Mon IV and O Mon III TPPs’ Project Management Board at O Mon Power Center. The project was accepted and put into use on 8 September 2020, ready for the project's commencement.
Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung - Deputy Director of EVNPMB3, Director of the O Mon III and O Mon IV TPPs Project Management Board reported to the EVN delegation on the progress of the O Mon IV TPP project. Photo taken July 2022.
In June 2022, EVNPMB3 submitted to EVN the EPC bidding document for the O Mon IV TPP project and is waiting for the EVN Member Board’s approval. In the remaining months of 2022, EVNPMB3 fully prepares procedures to be ready to issue EPC bidding documents.
EVNPMB3 also implemented bidding procedures to commence the O Mon Power Center fence in QIV/2022. EVNPMB3 selected a construction contract management consultant for the O Mon IV TPP from August 2022, expected to be complete by the end of 2022. In addition, EVNPMB3 carried out legal procedures on land for the land area at O Mon Power Center that EVNPMB3 received from EVNGENCO2.
O Mon I TPP is now located in O Mon Power Center
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The O Mon Power Center planning includes:
- O Mon I Thermal Power Plant (2x330MW), under Power Generation Corporation 2, has been generating electricity since 2015.
- O Mon II Thermal Power Plant Project (about 1,050MW), invested by Trading Construction Works Organization (Vietnam) and Marubeni Group (Japan) Joint Venture. The project has not started yet.
- Two projects of O Mon III (about 1,050MW) and O Mon IV (about 1,050MW) TPP invested by EVN.
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